To the south of the Kingdom of Mitlan, in the territory of Lumias, the Kusha people have brought war and chaos here.
According to rumors, the main city fortress and most of the towns of Lumias Territory were captured by the Kusha army. It is even said that even the old lord was killed by the Kusha people?
Gus and Annie obviously didn't know whether the news was true or not, and they didn't mind whether it was true or false. Anyway, they only knew that the road was full of stinking corpses, refugees fleeing, and all kinds of things.
The broken eaves and walls and the smoke of gunfire left behind after the war made Gus busy at night, because there were always those dead souls and corpses that were affected by the brand on the back of his neck and came to the door one after another.
Fortunately, it's daytime now, so from Annie's point of view, a certain idiot Uncle Gus can probably stay calm for more than ten hours.
"??"
(.)
"Hello……"
(ω‖)
"Uncle Gus!"
(°ー°〃)
"You've been out for a few days. What do you want to do when you're wandering around like this?"
(﹏,)
Of course, during the day, although there were no waves of ghost demons harassing them, there was Anne, the 'watcher'.
Isn’t this?
Before the two of them walked forward for a while, Annie began to make a fuss next to Gus impatiently.
"besides!"
(ˇεˇ)
"Where are you going?"
(ˇˇ)
In total, it has been several days since Annie followed Gus out of the blacksmith Gott's house for the second time. However, besides wandering south and killing evil spirits at night, Gus also
It seemed that he was not doing anything serious, so that Anne finally became a little impatient after following him until now.
"..."
Gus said nothing and continued to walk forward wearing his cape, which had become tattered in just a few days and was full of bloodstains and stench.
With his lifeless and taciturn appearance, even in broad daylight, if it were at night, people who didn't know would think he was some kind of walking dead or a monster!
"Really!"
()
"Shouldn't you go straight to that city of Site and cut off that pretty boy's head and use it as a ball?"
()
Anne, who had long been accustomed to the other party's non-violent and non-cooperative attitude, certainly had no intention of compromising. She continued to kick the stones and follow the other party and continued to ask.
"Even if I can't beat him!"
(**)
"It's okay to work hard to add some trouble to the opponent or practice some leveling. What's the use of fighting those wild monsters in the wild all day long?"
()
Although, Annie didn't always follow the other person and most of the time she ran around and had fun, but when she saw the other person's current look of doing nothing and not doing his job, she couldn't help but pretend to be such a little adult.
To rebuke and encourage the Tao.
After all, the other party knew how to chop down those crazy dead souls and demons all day long, and it was just like that, without being interesting at all. She had long been tired of it, and just wanted to see something new and exciting.
For example, the other party had a pretty good fight with the one-horned minotaur that day. Annie now wants to watch it again and hopes that the other party can work harder and cut off the other horn of the one-horned minotaur.
, just in time to cure her obsessive-compulsive disorder?
(…)
(￢￢.)
"..."
Unfortunately, Gus, who was walking in front, remained unmoved. He just stopped and glanced at Annie, and then continued walking forward.
"I……"
"I need to investigate first."
Then, he walked for a while before replying so coldly and tepidly.
"investigation?"
(**;)
"Why do we need to investigate?"
(.)
"You can tell by looking at that pretty boy that he doesn't look like a good person!"
(,,,,)
"Didn't you say a few days ago that you suspected that the invasion of the Kingdom of Mitlan and the Kusha people, and even the plague, were all his fault?"
(ω‖)
"Then go and chop him!"
Q(`⌒Q)
"Don't go investigating. As long as you believe he did it, then forget it. If not, just treat it as public revenge!"
()
Anne was surprised to learn that the idiot Uncle Gus had such thoughts. Then, without even thinking about it, she directly encouraged and deceived her, and directly used her favorite trick on weekdays.
His behavior was shaken out.
"..."
Unfortunately, Gus remained unmoved and continued to walk forward, as if he had not heard what Annie just said.
"!!"
(へ╬)
Seeing the incompetent but fierce look of the other party, Annie was so angry that she kicked a stone at the back of the other party's head.
Snapped!!
The stone hit instantly.
Unfortunately, Gus seemed to be immune. He just scratched his head and continued walking forward without even wanting to look back at Annie.
"Really!"
(ˇεˇ)
"Investigation, investigation..."
(ー`ー)
"How can you come up with anything if you wander around like this every day?"
s(｀ヘ;)ゞ
"I don't know how long it will take for you to get the results of your investigation. By then, it might already be too late!"
(へ╬)
Seeing the other party's behavior, Anne was of course very angry, and she protested and refuted loudly and unhappily.
"..."
Gus in front remained unmoved and just continued walking forward, as if he was deaf, or simply didn't pay attention to what Annie had just said.
"All right!"
(,,.,,)
"up to you!"
(＿＿*)
"Just pull him down!"
()
Seeing the other person like that, Anne was at a loss. Then when she got angry, she started to look around, planning to leave here and play by herself for a while, and then come back to see the other person's progress when she got bored or remembered tomorrow or the day after.
(…)
(●￣￣●)
"Eh?"
ヾ(｀)
However, to Anne's surprise, before she could decide where to go, she actually saw Gus standing there motionless after walking to a high ground in front of him, and at the same time subconsciously
He clenched his fists, and the aura on his body gradually became terrifying.
"what happened again?"
(△｀)?
"What happened?"
ヾ(^▽^*)))
Seeing this, Anne, who was about to leave here, of course flashed out and was next to the other person in an instant. Then she followed the other person, stood on tiptoes, put her hands in front of her forehead, and looked into the distance.
"which one……"
Σ(°△°|||)︴
With just one glance, she saw the situation in the distance.
It seems that some armies are engaged in a large melee in the distance. There may be three to five thousand people participating. It can be regarded as a small local battle.
However, given that the Kusha people are now raging everywhere in the Kingdom of Mitlan, and battles of various sizes are happening one after another, and those battlefield sites are not uncommon, so such a battle between the two sides in the distance is not uncommon.
There seems to be nothing unusual about small battles involving only three to five thousand people in total?
"Eh?!"
('')
However, Anne soon discovered that on the chaotic battlefield in the distance, someone was charging with a small group of knights, and at this time, someone was clashing with the Kusha formations. It seemed that
Looks familiar?
"Um……"
(′～`●)
"Although the distance is a bit far, the silver vest, silver armor and silver hair can't be mistaken. That guy should be the pretty boy, right?"
(O ^~^ O)
Nodding, Annie recognized it quickly and subconsciously turned to look at Gus.
Sure enough, the other party's current expression was so ferocious and gnashing of teeth, which meant that she must have read it correctly. The guy who was leading the charge was indeed what she saw. He was indeed the same person before and before.
Now Gus wants to kill that pretty boy!
"ha!"
()°
"This is just great!"
()hey-hey!
"Uncle Gus, I guess your revenge will never be avenged!"
乛乛
Seeing the battle in the distance, seeing the way those Kusha people were beaten to pieces by that pretty boy, Annie felt that there shouldn't be much suspense about the pretty boy's victory, so she stopped looking at it, and thought about it for a moment, and then suddenly
An idea struck him, and he began to tease and irritate Gus with all his strength and gloating:
"Look at it!"
(ψ｀▽′)o
"Others have strong soldiers and horses now, and there are so many powerful followers following them, some of them seem to be stronger than you, and there are so many armed demon soldiers..."
|ω)
"Do you think it would be better for you to go back now and hide with Sister Casca and that coward Rickett in Gott's house?"
(ω)
Annie didn't know what murder was, but what she was doing now was something similar.
She just wanted to give the idiot Gus next to her a hard blow, and then see if the other person would rebound and burst out with the kind of courage she expected to change something.
"..."
Of course Gus also saw what Annie saw, and coupled with what Annie said, his face naturally turned darker.
At this moment, he not only saw Griffith, but also saw the flag similar to the Eagle Regiment held high by the opponent's group of subordinates, as well as those demonic subordinates and followers as powerful as the apostles.
There is no doubt that the opponent's generals and soldiers are so powerful that the opponent, with only a few dozen cavalry, was able to overwhelm the Kusha people's hundreds or even thousands of heavy cavalry formations and penetrate them without any damage.
In the past, even Gus did not dare to think about that kind of thing during the most glorious period of the Eagle Regiment!
The archers at high places were even more exaggerated. Not only did they shoot extremely far, but one of the leaders was able to accurately shoot the Kusha people with multiple arrows.
The neck of the armored cavalryman, causing the helmeted heads to fly up after their necks exploded?
That kind of situation was unseen and unheard of. If the archer was a normal person, Tagos would be the first to not believe it!
As for those soldiers who were wearing armor all over their bodies, but looking at their appearance and body shape, it was clear that they were not human. Not to mention, Gus, who was dealing with similar existences almost every night, even from a long distance away.
You can smell their stench!
That is……
The taste of devil is definitely unmistakable.
There is no doubt that Griffith, who holds the flag of the 'Eagle Regiment' high, and the guy with the title of 'Eagle of Light', must still be an outright demon leader, and the other party is just a different skin.
"It's over!"
╮(╯▽╰)╭
"Uncle Gus, you seem to be even more hopeless!"
ε=(ο｀*)))Alas
"Let's see, that guy is leading his troops to fight now. He seems to be a great general, and he has so many powerful people. You, a stupid guy who can't even sleep peacefully at night, how can you compare with that pretty boy?
"
(^▽^)
Seeing Gus's ugly expression, Anne on the side naturally pursued the victory and continued to mock and provoke him as much as possible. She seemed determined not to give up until the opponent's spirit and will were broken.
(…)
(●￣￣●)
"..."
This time, Gus seemed to have listened to Annie's words, so much so that his fisted hand seemed to be clenching harder, and even the veins began to bulge out.
"..."
(ω)
for a long time……
"If you want to expose him and defeat him..."
"you say……"
"how should I do?"
Surprisingly, when Annie was almost impatient, Gus turned to look at her for the first time and asked with a confused look on his face, and his one eye actually lost focus for the first time in a rare moment, as if
I didn't see Anne at all.
"Eh?"
(△;)
Seeing the other party's expression, Anne couldn't help but be startled and vaguely felt that what she just did seemed to be a bit too much.
"Um……"
(`)
"first!"
(ω)
"You also need to have a strong army?"
(*︶*)...:*
But soon, Anne, who had always been heartless, ignored the other party's possible bad mood and said so carelessly.
"You have to be as strong as that guy!"
()
"You must have what he has, and you must have what he doesn't have!"
(ψ｀▽′)o
"For example, if you have powerful followers, large territories and countless soldiers, only if you are as powerful as him or stronger, can you have a way to defeat him, expose him or even eliminate him?"
()
"Only if you are strong enough and then fight him, will he look at you and regret some of the things he has done?"
|˙˙)
Anne said in her heart that she was not sure about what she said above, but anyway, it was just a casual talk. It didn't matter if she was wrong. Anyway, she was not the one who would be unlucky if she put it into practice.
(…)
(￢￢.)
"Otherwise, you can only be an assassin and kill him."
╮(╯▽╰)╭
"But that method probably won't work. That guy has so many subordinates and is so strong. You are really far behind. Even if you practice for another hundred years, it will be difficult!"
(ω)
Then, as if she was afraid that the other party wouldn't believe it, Anne hurriedly added these two sentences, instantly quenching some of the crazy thoughts that the other party was brewing in his heart.
"!!"
Hearing this, Gus froze, and then seemed to have suffered some huge defeat.
"Yes, really..."
After a while, he slowly and stiffly turned his head back, and continued to stare blankly at the battlefield in the distance that was gradually coming to an end, lost in thought.
"!!"
(Д≡д)!?
"who?!"
!(;o)o
"come out!!"
o(*｀ー)o
At this time, just when Gus was thinking a lot, Annie suddenly turned her head and stared in a certain direction and shouted and asked.
"??"
Hearing this, Gus turned his head and looked over subconsciously, but he didn't see anything.
"Aren't you going to come out?"
(╭╮)
"If you don't come out, they will take action!"
(｀д′)
Annie ignored Gus' questioning look and just shouted loudly again!
"??"
"What are you doing?"
Seeing Annie's reluctance, Gus was puzzled and finally couldn't help but speak, because he really didn't find any lurkers nearby.
"It's that bird!"
(｀^)
Anne didn't hide anything and directly told the reason for her sudden excitement.
"bird?"
Gus paused, and then he finally saw the bird sitting on a branch not far away.
"this……"
"What's so strange about birds?"
Although the bird was looking sideways at them, Gus didn't feel anything unusual, and the mark on the back of his neck didn't change at all, so he didn't think it was a demon or any other threatening target.
In fact, no matter how he looked at it, it was just an ordinary bird, the kind found all over the world!
"So you are the idiot!"
(ˇεˇ)
"That's no ordinary bird at all!"
()
"It's actually a person!"
o(*｀ー)o
With that said, Annie said angrily towards the branch in the distance again.
"..."
Opening his mouth, Gus slowly turned his head and continued to watch the battle in the distance.
Obviously, he didn't believe Anne's lies. If it were night, he might believe that there were demons attached to the birds, but now it was broad daylight, the sun was shining brightly, and demons and dead souls were both present.
If they can't come out, let alone the nonsense that birds are human beings.
"!!"
(~)
"You do not believe?!"
(ω‖)
"Well, I'll catch her and prove it to you!!"
-
==(｀^)
Seeing that even the idiot Uncle Gus was starting to doubt herself, Annie got angry decisively. Then in a flash, she arrived under the tree and sped up, then reached out and grabbed the bird.
‘!!’
‘Squeak! Chie!!’
Unfortunately, the little bird screamed and flew away.
"Don't run!"
o(*｀ー)o
Seeing this, Annie chased him up again.
"..."
Sighing softly, Gus did not follow, but continued to watch the battlefield for a while. It was not until the dust of the battle in the distance had basically settled that he slowly lowered his head.
Army?
"..."
After pondering for a long time, and seeing the silver figure who was surrounded by people on the battlefield and receiving cheers, Gus finally made a decision and suddenly raised his head and faced Annie who had just left.
strode in the direction.
certainly!
He is not chasing Annie, because he knows that the other party will definitely find her back on her own, and he can't get rid of her even if he wants to. And he is not curious about what Annie just did, he is just thinking about a certain place.
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Chapter completed!